Middle eastern sweets

It's too bad that so many people are only familiar with Middle Eastern pastries that aren't so well made. If you sample them far from where they originate, often they're made with old or stale nuts, they've sat around too long in plastic packages, or the cheeses aren't exactly fresh. While it's true that some of them can be a bit sticky-sweet for Western tastes,

This is the easiest shortbread cookie you will ever make! Just 4 ingredients and you will have a delicious melt in your mouth cookie.

Halawet el jibn are delicious Middle Eastern sweet cheese rolls that are filled with ashta cream, decorated with pistachios and drizzled with orange blossom syrup.

This Middle Eastern halva recipe is nutty and sweet. It's made with sugar syrup, velvety tahini, spicy cardamom, and chopped pistachios.

Light, creamy and delicious, this Mahalabia pudding is a very easy Lebanese dessert!

What started as simple apple pies quickly turned into elaboratetried Arab staple from Jordan, Luqaimat, that I truly fell in love with a dessert.

This collection of the best middle eastern desserts will make your taste buds thank you! Middle Eastern cuisine has so much delicious food to offer and they also have some awesome desserts! This super delicious pistachio baklava is buttery, sweet, flakey, nutty, gooey.

Kataifi Knafeh, is a traditional Middle Eastern #dessert made with stringy #pastry and #sweet creamy filling. Perfect for any occasion, try it hot.

Knafeh is a Middle Eastern dessert with a shredded filo dough crust, a sweet cheese filling, topped with a flavored simple syrup. Easier than it looks.

As we near the end of Ramadan, the buzz of Eid fills the air. Markets are full of people buying new cloths, decorations and sweets. Mosques are full of worshipers trying to make the best out of the…